Robert Gerhardt

Iraqi Militia Offers to Negotiate Release of Kidnapped U.S. Journalist Kataib Hezbollah is pressing for the release of members detained by the Iraqi government in exchange for freeing the journalist, Shelly Kittleson #Iraq #Iran #freepress #pressfreedom nytimes.com/2026/04/01/wor…

Race on to find US journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Iraq #Iraq #journalist #freepress #pressfreedom cpj.org/2026/04/race-o…

American Journalist Abducted in Iraq, Security Officials Say The freelance journalist was identified as Shelly Kittleson, who has worked for various news organizations, including Al-Monitor #Iraq #journalist #freepress nytimes.com/2026/03/31/wor…

An American journalist was kidnapped Tuesday in Baghdad and Iraqi security forces are pursuing her captors, Iraqi officials said The journalist was identified as freelancer Shelly Kittleson #Iraq #freepress #pressfreedom #journalism #journalist apnews.com/article/iraq-j…

Israeli Strike Kills 3 Journalists in Southern Lebanon Israel accused one of the reporters of being a Hezbollah operative. Lebanon’s president said they were journalists and condemned the killings. #Israel #Lebanon #freepress #pressfreedom nytimes.com/2026/03/28/wor…

How Camden, N.J., Cut Its Murder Rate to a 40-Year Low In their own words, members of the community tell the story of how change came to the city, once among the nation’s deadliest. #NewJersey #Camden #guns #gunviolence nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Israeli soldiers echo settler ideology, talk of revenge after targeting Palestinians and detaining CNN crew in the West Bank #Israel #freepress #pressfreedom cnn.com/2026/03/27/mid…

Hegseth prays at Pentagon service for ‘overwhelming violence’ against enemies Remarks come after defense secretary calls for changes to military’s chaplain corps, which had been ‘watered down’ #Hegseth #religion theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

My latest piece for the New York Amsterdam News on the Getty Museum's current exhibition "Photography and the Black Arts Movement," on view through June 14th: #photography #photojournalism #GettyMuseum amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/03/2…

A photographer was questioned by the FBI at his own home about photos he took of anti-deportation protesters, including whether he could identify any of the individuals involved. #freepress #pressfreedom #FBI #immigration petapixel.com/2026/03/24/pho…

Pentagon Adopts New Limits for Journalists After Court Loss The Defense Department said it would close the Pentagon’s work area for journalists, among other changes, after a judge found the existing media policy unconstitutional #freepress #pressfreedom nytimes.com/2026/03/23/bus…

Robert S. Mueller III, 81, Dies; Rebuilt F.B.I. and Led Trump Inquiry After he concluded that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election, he became a target of the president’s anger. #RobertMueller #Trump #Russia nytimes.com/2026/03/21/us/…

Striking Down Pentagon Press Limits, Judge Vindicates Independent Journalism The ruling cut deeper than left-versus-right politics, declaring that the policy imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is unconstitutional. #FreePress #PressFreedom nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/…

CBS News begins new major round of layoffs: ‘This is really hard and really tough’ CBS News Radio to shutter after nearly 100 years as editor Bari Weiss tells staff cuts were ‘necessary’ decision #CBS #BariWeiss #news #media theguardian.com/media/2026/mar…

Judge Orders Voice of America to Restart All News Operations More than 1,000 full-time journalists and support staff at the news group were ordered to return to work by March 23 and to resume broadcasting. #VOA #freepress #pressfreedom nytimes.com/2026/03/17/us/…

My latest story for Blind Magazine on photographer Devin Allen and his new book "Baltimore," a love letter to the city he calls home: #Baltimore #photography #photojournalism blind-magazine.com/news/devin-all…

China approves ‘ethnic unity’ law denounced by rights groups The draft law, set to be passed by the National People’s Congress, would formalise policies to promote Mandarin as the “national common language” #China hongkongfp.com/2026/03/12/chi…

Press freedom declines in Americas, with US seeing sharpest drop A press freedom index has given the Americas its lowest ranking since it started recording results six years ago. #FreePress #PressFreedom aje.news/79fdk3

U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says Outdated targeting data may have resulted in a mistaken missile strike, according to the ongoing military investigation #Iran #school #Trump nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/…

Fox News uses old clip of Trump after he wore hat while saluting slain US soldiers Conservative outlet aired footage of president saluting at similar ceremony in December for at least three broadcasts #FoxNews #Trump #media #fakenews theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…